Tunisia to ban plastic bags in supermarkets and chemists
by Simon Speakman Cordall in Tunis from Environment | The Guardian on (#4Z1BH)
Gradual phaseout will begin in March as part of government plan to outlaw all single-use bags by 2021
Tunisia has announced plans to stop its supermarkets and pharmacies from using single-use plastic bags from next month before phasing them out completely in 2021.
Plastic pollution has been a growing problem in the north African country in recent years, along with the challenges presented by its ancient industrial plants and barely managed household waste.
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